Mee
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mee"
Etymology
- As an English surname, from the archaic noun mee (“physician”). Compare Mayer, Myer.
- As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), from miadh (“honor”). Compare Meehan, McNamee.
- As a rare French surname (Mée), from placenames such as Le Mée-sur-Seine, from Old French meis (“farmstead”), from Latin mansus.
- (Lunar crater): Named after Scottish British astronomer Arthur Butler Phillips Mee
Proper noun
Mee (countable and uncountable, plural Mees)
- A surname.
- A crater in LQ28 quandrangle, Nearside, Moon, Earth-Moon System, Solar System
Anagrams
Remove ads
Etymology
From Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin māius, from the Roman goddess Maia, the Italic goddess of growth. Cognate with English May, German Mai, Dutch maj, Icelandic maí, West Frisian maaie.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mee m (plural Meeën)
See also
Remove ads
Etymology
From Old Irish Mide (“Meath”), most likely from mide (“middle, centre”).
Proper noun
Yn Vee f
Synonyms
- Coontae ny Mee
Derived terms
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads